ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. 3. S. KATH70N, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA., MAY, 1879. 



JOHN A, HIESTAND, Publisher. 



CONTENTS O^HIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



• Pre»erTing the ProceedinErs, . - . . 



■ "Non-Kecognitionof Agriculture by Government,' 



• Tramps and Incendiaries, .... 

 ." Codling Moth in Bands," . . - . . 

 ,Milk, 



. Monthly Reminders, .---.. 

 . To Market-Gardeners Throughout the Union, 



List of Approved Varieties of Cabbage. 

 .What Becomes of the Birds, ... 



• Book Farming, ....... 



,Eggs-Traordinary, ...:.. 

 i Eenslow on the Self-Fertiltzation of Plants, - 

 .Queries and .Answers, ...... 



ESSAYS. 



• Small Fruits, 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 .Large Farms and Stoek.Raising in Lancaster 

 County — Slock Admirer, .... 



••Wants to Know, ...... 



, Spring Days — Leoline, . - . . . 



. About Eggs— »",« . J. Pyle, .... 



» The Moon's Influence — Amateur Farmer, - 



• Indian Turnip— J". Slauffer, .... 



• Timber and Fences— i. S. Jt-, - 



• The Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture, - 



SELECTIONS. 

 . Cider Vinegar and Sugar from Sugar Beets, 

 . One-Eye System of Potato-Growing, 



.Keeping Work Ahead, 



Some Hiut. on Tree ilsmtiDg. 

 . Composts for Tobacco, ..... 



. Sandy Soils, 



Amounts of Sugar Contained in Nectar of Vari. 

 ous Flowers, 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 



Crop Reports— Mating Farm Life Attractive and 

 I'lcasaut — The New Charter— Fruits — Miscel- 



• Poultry Association, . . . 



New Business. 

 . Linuiean Society, .... 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

 .Insects and Animal Diseases, - 

 •How Insects Hear, 



AGRICULTURE. 

 ' The Wheat Crop, . - - - 



• Grain in Orchards, 



• Bone Dust, - - . . . 

 . The Question of Weeds, 



> An Immense Farm, .... 



• Store of Grain in the West, - 



HORTICULTURE. 

 ■ Grafting Grapevines, 

 ' Grape-Growing, .... 



• How to Plant Peas, . . . . 

 Grapevines in California, - 



I Sowing Garden Seeds, ... 

 . Where Tomatoes were First Eaten, 



How Many Tobacco Seed to an Acre I - - 77 

 Bananas, ........77 



Pruning Peach Trees, - - ... 77 

 DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



, Whitewash ,V - 77 



Signs of a Prosperous Farmer, . - - 77 



'.Home-.Made Cracked Wheat, .... 77 



<^Cream Instead of Butter, - - . - 77 



^Use Plenty of Paint, ...... 77 



-A Good Night Lamp, 77 



• French Bread, - - 78 



»To Destroy House Insects, - . - - 78 



. Cleaning a Brussels Carpet, - - - - 78 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



• Potato Noodles, 78 



,To Preserve tium Solutions, ... - 78 



• Ham Dressed in Claret, - - ... 78 



^Velvet Cake, 7t> 



. Ice Cream Cake, ...... 7S 



White Fruit Cake, 78 



Lemon Pie, 78 



Cheap Pudding, 78 



To Wash Silk Stockings, 78 



Baked Fish, . - 78 



Apple Preserve, .--... 78 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Treatment of Cows at Calving, . . . .78 



Color in Jerseys, 78 



• The Difference, ----... 78 



• Stalliou Shows in Spring, ----- 78 

 Worms in Hogs, -------78 



.Exercising Cows, ...... 79 



• Tender and Small Feet, ..... 79 



APIARY. 



• Practical Bee Cultre, 79 



•A Good Word for Bees, 79 



. Farmers and Bees, 79 



POULTRY. 



•How the Young Bird is Hatched, - - - 79 



■"What Breed Shall I Keep !" - ... 79 



.Eggs and Egg Culture, 79 



»iVhat r Know About Roup, - - - . 79 



" Brown Leghorns," - - - . - . 80 



Poultry Profits, SO 



Fowls in Orchards, 80 



Facts Worth Remembering, .... 80 



Threshing Ducks, 80 



Home Advice as to Poultry, - - - - 80 



'A Flock of HenS; .-.---- 80 



. Literary and Personal, 80 



NORBFXK SMILEY. 



PRACTICAL 



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 Irlet of the Penlnftnliir Uarden can be had? 

 Cool summers, mild winters, pure waters, kind soli, and 

 every advantage of speedy communication by Railroad, 

 Telegraph, and Daily Mails. A soil producing the finest 

 Grain, Fruits add Flowers, and the waters the choicest Fish, 

 Oysters, Terrapin, and Wild Fowl In season. As honia un- 

 equalled; as i'nr«s/nt«n/« Qusurpassed. For Illustrated 

 Books inclose 2o stamp to LAND AOE.ST, P. w. k B. R. B. 

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